Smurfs are victims as their names and addresses are being stolen without their knowledge. It is identity theft by these US Senators' campaigns.
Smurfing is another form of election fraud: politicians cheated to get elected by using criminally laundered money. They were really selected, not elected.
Our blog unveils the secrets of this financial underworld and how “smurfs” navigate the high-stakes game of money laundering making AML Compliance quite challenging.
A simple SMURF would be someone sells $1,000,000 in drugs, breaks it up into thousand dollar chunks, and runs it through a catering business for a lot of events for clients, for example. This sort of thing would typically be behind several layers of similar transactions.
Proving the criminal intent relies on either catching the drug transaction, intercepting a revelatory communication, being able to prove a pattern that is far beyond a reasonable range of operation, or being a very reliable psychic.
Then again, I’m not FINCEN trained. Maybe they have effective methods for it, though if they actually do, why the hell is the GameStop saga a thing?
I will throw this out there for anyone who wants to dig, and to show how the "system" of corruption works.
A couple years ago, I did a dig into NoName's foundation.
The website was very fancy and had more than 100 names and photos of "directors," "executives" and various sorts of honorable mentions.
One I remember was actor Ashton Kutcher. His photo was displayed, implying that he was associated with the foundation in some way. Many others were on there, too.
But what did they all REALLY do?
Following the tax forms, I discovered that there were only THREE sources of funding (donors) for the foundation (at least, in the year I researched).
One -- Saudi Arabia. Yes, the government of Saudi Arabia was a big contributor.
Two -- Rothschild/Rockefeller -- I can't remember now which one it was. It was either a Rothschild organization or Rockefeller organization. It had the "R" name in the organization's name, so it was obvious. I just can't remember now which one.
Three -- The 2008 [NoName] Presidential Campaign Fund. It was 7 figures from his presidential campaign of 2008. Seems like might have been around that $8 million figure, but again I don't remember the specific amount. It was a substantial, multi-million dollar donation, though.
So, these candidates run campaigns for election -- president, senator, representative. It seems as though if they have "extra" money left over, they can "donate" it to their own "charitable" foundation. They could then draw salaries (or family and friends can) from that money.
In addition, he had dirty money from dirty sources (SA and R).
So then, what does a foundation like this ACTUALLY do?
The website said it was to prevent human trafficking. That was the only purpose stated (at least, at the time I looked into it).
These 100+ names and faces on the website were supposedly doing something to further that purpose.
Clearly, they were NOT donating money to the foundation, since the foundation only had THREE donors (in that year).
So, what did they all do for the cause? What types of EXPENDITURES did the foundation engage in, and how many people did they help prevent from human trafficking?
As far as I could tell, the answer was: ZERO.
They did not do ANYTHING for their stated cause.
There was only ONE payment made during the entire year, and that was a payment made out to Arizona State University.
NoName was from Arizona, and his foundation engaged in the monumental task of writing ONE check for the entire year (other than salaries and expenses) to "promote the cause" of the foundation. And that was a donation to ASU.
Apparently, they needed 100+ people to figure out how to write one check, which went to ASU.
On further research, it turned out that ASU had a special NoName Department, which included something related to human trafficking, but I could not really pin down what (if anything real) they actually did.
Maybe a professor wrote a paper or something, or maybe it was more substantial. It was hard to figure it out.
That ASU department also promoted NoName with a scholarship in his name. So, he was getting free publicity, helping him in any future campaigns.
I would not be surprised if we would find a similar "system" set up for these politicians.
They set up a foundation (or family member does). They have it funded with their own campaign funds and money from sources that are their puppet masters.
They can then use it how they want, since IRS never really asks any questions about these foundations, if the people behind them are in positions of political power.
I remember several years ago reading about how Bill Clinton set up his foundation as he was leaving office, and he had a special law (or regulation) passed that made all donors to his foundation NOT REPORTABLE TO ANYONE.
Unlike NoName's foundation, which listed who the donors were, you would not have found any names of donors to Billy's foundation. Just millions of dollars pouring in from "unnamed sources."
He also was involved in an oil/gas contract in Kazakhstan, which was for $3.1 billion. He had a donation to his foundation that came in around that time of $31 million. I assume it was a 1% commission.
This is how the dirty politicans enrich themselves.
I'm sure they all use the same playbook, since none of them are smart enough to figure this out on their own. They probably all refer the same attorneys and CPA's to each other, and those guys are the ones who set it up and run the real operations behind the scenes. In fact, they probably don't even do any referring. The most like have lunch with a lobbyist, and that person suggests the idea and puts the players in touch with them, giving them a turnkey system already set up for them.
Those guys most likely have certain "connections" (i.e. puppet masters), too.
I read that to avoid disclosing controversial donors (Looking at you, middle eastern countries) there was a foundation shell set up in Canada that was used to accept donations from these 'questionable' donors. Then, the Canadian shell foundation would make one large annual donation to CF which would shield the foreign donors looking to buy influence through Hillary's US State Department at the time. This was also when she was building her war chest for her campaign. There was a lot of speculation after she lost as to how she was going to 'satisfy' those donors who dumped large sums of money in expectation for something she could no longer deliver. Wonder if Biden made good on her promises. It was her turn, after all.
I doubt he’s the only one. Too many become millionaires while serving their country in the government. Funny how that works, as it doesn’t work that way serving your country thru the military.
Great translation. Thanks.
Smurfing ??? really?.... Its begging for a Grok Meme
How do you know this list of names and donations is not from real people?
I notice that none of them are from South Carolina.
https://smurfsearch.electionwatch.info/menu.php
It says they are a list of "questionable donations."
I am looking for a reason as to WHY they are considered questionable.
The website itself has a disclaimer at the top stating that the donations should be considered legitimate until confirmed otherwise.
How are THESE donations confirmed to be illegitimate?
I ask because these are the quetions that naysayers will ask. If we don't have good answers, that's a problem.
SMURFing is hard to prove by design.
https://amlwatcher.com/blog/the-art-of-financial-camouflage-when-smurfing-spells-trouble/
A simple SMURF would be someone sells $1,000,000 in drugs, breaks it up into thousand dollar chunks, and runs it through a catering business for a lot of events for clients, for example. This sort of thing would typically be behind several layers of similar transactions.
Proving the criminal intent relies on either catching the drug transaction, intercepting a revelatory communication, being able to prove a pattern that is far beyond a reasonable range of operation, or being a very reliable psychic.
Then again, I’m not FINCEN trained. Maybe they have effective methods for it, though if they actually do, why the hell is the GameStop saga a thing?
I will throw this out there for anyone who wants to dig, and to show how the "system" of corruption works.
A couple years ago, I did a dig into NoName's foundation.
The website was very fancy and had more than 100 names and photos of "directors," "executives" and various sorts of honorable mentions.
One I remember was actor Ashton Kutcher. His photo was displayed, implying that he was associated with the foundation in some way. Many others were on there, too.
But what did they all REALLY do?
Following the tax forms, I discovered that there were only THREE sources of funding (donors) for the foundation (at least, in the year I researched).
One -- Saudi Arabia. Yes, the government of Saudi Arabia was a big contributor.
Two -- Rothschild/Rockefeller -- I can't remember now which one it was. It was either a Rothschild organization or Rockefeller organization. It had the "R" name in the organization's name, so it was obvious. I just can't remember now which one.
Three -- The 2008 [NoName] Presidential Campaign Fund. It was 7 figures from his presidential campaign of 2008. Seems like might have been around that $8 million figure, but again I don't remember the specific amount. It was a substantial, multi-million dollar donation, though.
So, these candidates run campaigns for election -- president, senator, representative. It seems as though if they have "extra" money left over, they can "donate" it to their own "charitable" foundation. They could then draw salaries (or family and friends can) from that money.
In addition, he had dirty money from dirty sources (SA and R).
So then, what does a foundation like this ACTUALLY do?
The website said it was to prevent human trafficking. That was the only purpose stated (at least, at the time I looked into it).
These 100+ names and faces on the website were supposedly doing something to further that purpose.
Clearly, they were NOT donating money to the foundation, since the foundation only had THREE donors (in that year).
So, what did they all do for the cause? What types of EXPENDITURES did the foundation engage in, and how many people did they help prevent from human trafficking?
As far as I could tell, the answer was: ZERO.
They did not do ANYTHING for their stated cause.
There was only ONE payment made during the entire year, and that was a payment made out to Arizona State University.
NoName was from Arizona, and his foundation engaged in the monumental task of writing ONE check for the entire year (other than salaries and expenses) to "promote the cause" of the foundation. And that was a donation to ASU.
Apparently, they needed 100+ people to figure out how to write one check, which went to ASU.
On further research, it turned out that ASU had a special NoName Department, which included something related to human trafficking, but I could not really pin down what (if anything real) they actually did.
Maybe a professor wrote a paper or something, or maybe it was more substantial. It was hard to figure it out.
That ASU department also promoted NoName with a scholarship in his name. So, he was getting free publicity, helping him in any future campaigns.
I would not be surprised if we would find a similar "system" set up for these politicians.
They set up a foundation (or family member does). They have it funded with their own campaign funds and money from sources that are their puppet masters.
They can then use it how they want, since IRS never really asks any questions about these foundations, if the people behind them are in positions of political power.
I remember several years ago reading about how Bill Clinton set up his foundation as he was leaving office, and he had a special law (or regulation) passed that made all donors to his foundation NOT REPORTABLE TO ANYONE.
Unlike NoName's foundation, which listed who the donors were, you would not have found any names of donors to Billy's foundation. Just millions of dollars pouring in from "unnamed sources."
He also was involved in an oil/gas contract in Kazakhstan, which was for $3.1 billion. He had a donation to his foundation that came in around that time of $31 million. I assume it was a 1% commission.
This is how the dirty politicans enrich themselves.
I'm sure they all use the same playbook, since none of them are smart enough to figure this out on their own. They probably all refer the same attorneys and CPA's to each other, and those guys are the ones who set it up and run the real operations behind the scenes. In fact, they probably don't even do any referring. The most like have lunch with a lobbyist, and that person suggests the idea and puts the players in touch with them, giving them a turnkey system already set up for them.
Those guys most likely have certain "connections" (i.e. puppet masters), too.
You sure did your homework and work. Interesting what you can find.
Thanks for that info.
The list from Kash Patel would be a good one to go after also.
Yep I remember. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ashton-kutcher-blows-kiss-sen-john-mccain-senate/story?id=45510892
LOL!
This. Impressive work.
I read that to avoid disclosing controversial donors (Looking at you, middle eastern countries) there was a foundation shell set up in Canada that was used to accept donations from these 'questionable' donors. Then, the Canadian shell foundation would make one large annual donation to CF which would shield the foreign donors looking to buy influence through Hillary's US State Department at the time. This was also when she was building her war chest for her campaign. There was a lot of speculation after she lost as to how she was going to 'satisfy' those donors who dumped large sums of money in expectation for something she could no longer deliver. Wonder if Biden made good on her promises. It was her turn, after all.
great dig!
I doubt he’s the only one. Too many become millionaires while serving their country in the government. Funny how that works, as it doesn’t work that way serving your country thru the military.
There's a long list.
Now that we are at the stage of Ukraine Peace deal, Lindsay has outlived his usefulness to this plan.
Lindsey will be in the top of the Ukraine kickback schemes too Hes a war monger.
Great. No more Lady Graham.
That's how the Graham Cracker crumbles. So sad, too bad.
Arrest all of them and figure it out in court. This is what would happen to us.
Drip and then flood and the justice incoming or suicide weekend incoming.
Link to web site? I want to see Tom Cotton.
Somebody smarter than me needs to do that for you.
This explains A LOT.
Of course.
Scumbag Flimsy Graham doing what he does.
I just want my money back.
So what happens when illegalities are discovered?
So far, nothing. A very, very few are prosecuted for show. Little fish that are safe to screw with.
This will change.
Take it back.
He and others should be arrested for this abomination.
Should. Not happening as yet.
There should have been two pills given the day they gave the one to no name!
Should.
LOL
Finally! A right weasel.
We know about him. I want to see some I do not know.
https://x.com/PeterBernegger/status/1895226584543740213
There's people now in government to benefit the country instead of themselves. You know who I am talking about, right?
Amen.